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Earthsongs

 
Album Review: Earthsongs

  • Artist: Secret Garden
  • Rating: Star
  • Release Date: March 08, 2005
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: New Age

Review

Pure and simple this is new age Celtic-flavored pablum. There is little compelling here except for the near-virtuoso violin playing of Fionnula Sherry. There are some vocals placed in here, all of them near a whisper and evoking breathlessly the magic just beyond the night sky, the glen, the next kiss or some such. It's very difficult not to be cynical when music like this is not created seemingly as an end in itself with a very, very small but dedicated market niche in mind. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Sometimes When It Rains Secret Garden (4:38)
Fields of Fortune Secret Garden (4:11)
The Reel Secret Garden (3:25)
Always There (Lyrics) Brendan Graham Secret Garden (4:45)
When Darkness Falls (Ode to Kvaase) Secret Garden (5:27)
Sleepsong (Lyrics) Brendan Graham Secret Garden (4:51)
Lotus Secret Garden (4:33)
Searching for the Past Secret Garden (3:15)
Daughters of Erin Secret Garden (2:35)
Half a World Away (Lyrics) Brendan Graham Secret Garden (4:39)
Grace Secret Garden (4:47)
Raise Your Voices (Lyrics) Brendan Graham Secret Garden (4:12)

Credits

Alf Emil Eik (Engineer), Alf Emil Eik (Sampling), Ole Edvard Antonsen (Trumpet), Ole Edvard Antonsen (Piccolo Trumpet), Steve Cooney (Guitar (Acoustic)), Steve Cooney (Guitar), Steve Cooney (Mandolin), Noel Eccles (Percussion), Noel Eccles (Tympani [Timpani]), Noel Eccles (Bodhran), Simon Franglen (Producer), Simon Franglen (Engineer), Simon Franglen (Vocal Engineer), Manus Lunny (Bouzouki), Tim Martin (Engineer), Alan Meyerson (Engineer), Alan Meyerson (Mixing), Martin O'Connor (Accordion), Jun Sato (Photography), Fionnuala Sherry (Violin), Fionnuala Sherry (Producer), Fiachra Trench (Orchestration), Gospel Choir (Choir, Chorus), Michael McGoldrick (Flute), Michael McGoldrick (Whistle (Human)), Michael McGoldrick (Uillean Pipes), David Agnew (Oboe), David Downes (Orchestration), Secret Garden (Main Performer), Des Moore (Guitar (Acoustic)), Des Moore (Guitar), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Organ), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Keyboards), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Organ (Hammond)), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Vocoder), Björn Engelmann (Mastering), Ulf Holand (Engineer), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Horn), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Whistle (Instrument)), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Kantele), Gerard Keenan (Choir Director), Rolf Loveland (Flute), Rolf Loveland (Piano), Rolf Loveland (Harp), Rolf Loveland (Keyboards), Rolf Loveland (Piano (Electric)), Rolf Loveland (Producer), Rolf Loveland (Score), Alan Smale (Leader), Mairead Nesbitt (Violin), Asa Jinder (Key Harp), Irish Film Orchestra (Orchestra), Jake Jackson (Assistant Engineer), Richard McCullough (Assistant Engineer), Laoise Kelly (Irish Harp), Wang Wei (Engineer), Mick O'Brien (Whistle (Human)), Mick O'Brien (Uillean Pipes), Jeff "Bucko" Biggers (Assistant Engineer), John Finucane (Conductor), Benedicte Stendah Hansen (Hair Stylist), Nancy Bundt (Photography), Rowen Rossiter (Assistant Engineer), Niall McMonagle (Assistant Engineer), David D'Arcy (Choir Master)
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